understanding .tar.gz files

[Inition]

I'm beginning to understand the linux file system and all that. I know to handle .tar files, I have to unzip them, with gunzip. so I gunzipped the acrobat reader. it leaves me with a tar file that contains readmes and such, and an install file. how do I acess this install file in a comand line?

[trommaster]

a .tar.gz file is tarred and then gzipped, so you have to use both programs.
The easiest way is to get tar to run gunzip itself.

eg $tar xvfz foo.tar.gz
x = extract files
v = verbose (say what it doing)
f = unzip a file
z = pipe it through gunzip
(they can be in any order)

there has been a discussion on it here:
http://www.getlinuxonline.com/yabbse...id=651;start=0

hope this helps

Alastair

[Inition]

cool thanks for the link, I had most of the same questions

[trommaster]

no probs

[Semp]

Another good resource is "man". As root, unless you have man setuid, try "# man gzip". This will help.